Louis XVI awalnya dicintai rakyatnya, namun ketidakcekapannya dalam pemerintahan dan sikapnya yang konservatif membuatkan rakyatnya berbalik membencinya. Isterinya ialah Marie Antoinette, dan bersamanya mereka mempunyai empat orang anak:
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Burley, Peter. "A Bankrupt Regime." History Today (January 1984) 34:36–42.ISSN0018-2753 Fulltext in EBSCO
Doyle, William. Origins of the French Revolution (3rd ed. 1999) online edition
Doyle, William. "The Execution of Louis XVI and the End of the French Monarchy." History Review. (2000) pp 21+ Questia.com, online edition
Padover, Saul K. The Life and Death of Louis XVI (1939) Questia.com, online edition
Price, Munro. The Road from Versailles: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the Fall of the French Monarchy (2004) 425 pp. Amazon.com, excerpt and text search; also published as The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the Baron de Breteuil. (2002)